A knife was found on a Southwest Airlines flight. Officials evacuated the concourse and closed it for about 90 minutes. Several flights that were boarded and ready for takeoff rescreened passengers. The owner of the knife could not be identified. [5/31/2004]Source: Airport Security Report

Indianapolis Int'l Airport

A TSA security screener saw a pair of scissors in a bag that was being X-rayed. Screeners wanted to inspect the bag by hand but mistakenly retrieved a different bag, allowing the bag with the scissors to be picked up by a passenger. Officials evacuated one concourse for about an hour. About 150 passengers and their bags were reinspected before they were allowed to re-enter the concourse. Three outbound flights and one inbound flight were delayed. TSA staff hand searched the carry-on luggage of all passengers on a direct flight to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The scissors were never found. [11/19/2002]Source: Airport Security Report